Re: Vomitting fecal matter

From: Nancy (anonymous@msn.com)
Sat May 17 22:54:35 2003


I'm not sure, but I think this is a symptom of small bowel obstruction. I would pursuade her to get a second opinion.

At Sat, 17 May 2003, Kay wrote: >
>My grandmother who is in her 70's recently confided to me that she had
>been vomitting fecal matter.
>
>Her GP told her not to worry about it. I, however, feel this could be a
>very serious situation.
>
>She has suffered from diverticulitus (sp?) for years and I wonder if
>this could be related. When I do a search on the net the term adhesions
>shows up continually.
>
>My question is this...should I share this information with other family
>members and try to persuade her to go back to the doctor or to a
>specialist?
>
>Thanks for the input.
>
>--
>Kay
>


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